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33.88350°N / 112.10385°W |
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Maricopa |
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Hiking |
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Spring, Fall, Winter |
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3176 ft / 968 m |
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Enter onto the trail and follow it north. It will eventually bend northeast. You can see a toothy peak ahead - this is Gavilan Peak. At the first major Y-junction you come to, stay right. A left goes to an overlook near Gavilan. Stay right at another Y-junction a little later on.You ascend a gentle slope then drop into a drainage, then ascend again, now below Daisy itself. You'll come to a 4x4 wooden post. To here you've covered about a mile and a half, and gained maybe 300 feet. At the post, choose your direction. A left loops around to catch a saddle, an old road, and more trail to the north summit, on which a big flag stands. A right leads up to the south ridges and to the south summit. I suggest go left, hit the north summit, drop and gain to the south summit, and then follow the trail out back to the post. The trail goes over and down from the south summit, which is very convenient.
If heading up to the north summit via the loop, it is about 3 1/2 miles to the summit gaining over 1,300'. It appears that the north summit is a bit higher. Descend via the south summit and the elevation gain is over 1,400'.